Interesting Happenings , Places and People in Fannin County, Texas

Fannin County TXGenWeb
Points of interest
Creeks , Rivers , People
& Places and Events

Ladnor Moore was instructor at Jones Field
Photograph from Lad Moore Jr.
Go To the Newspaper Article Index
Sorted by Name and subject
Also searchable database of 'Backward Glances' pub. in Lamar County

Honey Grove was the County Seat of Webster County Texas?		MILLER COUNTY, ARKANSAS in Fannin County, Texas?
CARLTON COLLEGE (However the Kentuckytown mentioned was in Grayson County and not in Fannin County)	SAVOY MALE AND FEMALE COLLEGE	Another Source about Miller County, Arkansas

A Question of Roads!

Places & Happenings
An interesting note about Texas in 1850

CHIHUAHUA EXPEDITION	CAMP RUSK	MILITARY ROAD & Camp Jordan
WWIIMemorabilia add your family's!	Free Hart Prairie	BONHAM COTTON MILL
JONES FIELD WWII. & Jones Air Field info	Savoy Tornado	The CENTRAL NATIONAL ROAD passed Through Ladonia
CADDO NATIONAL GRASSLAND	The Lee-Peacock Feud	JERNIGAN THICKET
Bob Gulley's Mule Ivan Fry's Dogs tale	Mammoth Dig	The Old Oak Tree

Series of paintings called
The Four Corners Chronicles Exhibit

Famous People
Sam Rayburn

Significant contributers to the art or business of music.
Bill Boyd-Western Singer
Charles Christian "Legend of the Jazz Guitar"
b. 29 July 1916 in Bonham - d.March 2, 1942 Bur. in Gates Hill
Roberta Dodd 1897Bonham-1954 Dallas

Outlaws

WILLIAM CLARKE QUANTRILL
raids into and around Fannin County

JOHN WESLEY HARDIN(1853-1895)
He was born in the Bonham Postoffice area
about 3 miles east of Whitewright, Texas

Ferry's Operating in Fannin Co.

Rivers & Lakes
Photograph of the North Sulphur River & wheatfields in that area.

The Red River "Raft" also called the Great Raft	The Great Raft
Red River and and Canadian Basins of Texas	The Great Raft including photographs
River Navigation in Texas	The Red River and the Great Raft
Steamboats on the Red River
Newspaper Article about the Red River changes in 1892 Fannin County	BONHAM STATE RECREATION AREA
NORTH SULPHUR RIVER	VALLEY LAKE

Creeks
BOIS D'ARC CREEK IS THE LARGEST CREEK
IN FANNIN COUNTY. IT STARTS NEAR WHITEWRIGHT IN THE WEST AND CONTINUES NE TO THE CORNER OF THE COUNTY
ALLEN CREEK
ALLEN'S CREEK
ANTHONYS BRANCH
ARNOLD CREEK MAP
BAKER CREEK
BAILEY CREEK
BARNETT CREEK
BARNETT CREEK
BEAR CREEK
BETTES CREEK MAP (BETTIS)
BLACK BRANCH Topographical Map-
BLANTON CREEK
BONE CREEK SOUTH EDGE OF LEONARD
BRALLEY POOL CREEK Topographical Map
BRISCOE BRANCH
BRUSHY CREEK
BULLARD CREEK
BURNETT CREEK MAP
BURNS BRANCH MAP
BURR OAK CREEK MAP
CANEY CREEK
CHINQUAPIN CREEK
CHOCTAW CREEK
COFFEE MILL CREEK
COTTONWOOD CREEK
DAMERON CREEK
DAVIS CREEK also known as Rock Creek
DEAL CREEK
DELBA CREEK
DIXON CREEK
DOG CREEK
ELWOOD CREEK
FORD CREEK
FOX CREEK
HEDRICK BRANCH
HENSON CREEK
HICKORY CREEK
HONEY GROVE CREEK
HUTCHINS CREEK
INDIAN CREEK
JACOB'S CREEK
LEE CREEK
LEGGETS BRANCH
LINDSEY CREEK
LONG & SHORT CREEK
LONG BRANCH
LORING CREEK
MCCLUNG CREEK
MCCLURE CREEK
MERRILL CREEK
MOSS CREEK
MUD BRANCH
MUSTANG CREEK
NARVAUGH CREEK
ONSTOTT BRANCH
PACE CREEK
PAGE CREEK
PECAN CREEK
PETTIGREW BRANCH
POLECAT CREEK
POT RACK CREEK
POT CREEK
POTTER CREEK
POWDER CREEK
RAINBOW CREEK
SANDERS CREEK
SANDY BRANCH
SANDY CREEK
SHAWNEE CREEK
SHOOTER CREEK ( named fora German Family named
Shouta. Originally this area was a branch of Sanders Creek.
SLOAN'S CREEK
SLOUGH CREEK
SPRING BRANCH
SPRING CREEK
SUGARLOAF BOTTOM
TANBARK CREEK
TANYARD CREEK
THOMAS BRANCH
TOLLETT CREEK
VALLEY CREEK
WAFER CREEK
WARD CREEK
WILD HORSE CREEK
WILLOW OAK CREEK
YOAKUM CREEK